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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Motion. First, I want to thank hon. Members of the Public Investments Committee for making a lot of efforts in trying to bring records to date. We have experienced challenges of investigating historical information. We are now looking at the books of, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009. On mistakes which were made at that time, as much as we are discussing them now, they are matters which are historical; they happened some time back. Some of the officers concerned have retired and some have died. But some of them are still working. I went through the Report and saw that the committee has touched on various parastatals. First, I want to talk about the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. What was the mandate of Jomo Kenyatta Foundation? The challenge here is whether we still need to have these foundations which were formed as parastatals? This is because when you look at the history of Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, and when you look at what the Auditor General has said in terms of financial discipline and allowances for the staff, it is all negative. You wonder why we still have this organization in existence. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have talked about Nzoia Sugar Company in this Report. It gives very clear evidence of the plunder of public resources. What has happened all these years is a long history? A company is struggling to survive and we pretend that one day and one time, something positive is going to happen without addressing the issues. When we talk about Nzoia Sugar Company, the equipment which was bought was never installed in the factory and was never put into use. Nothing happened to those people who bought the equipment. Consultants were hired, they gave reports, they were paid and nothing happened to them. Now, with the changing technology and the old equipment, it is not able to meet the bills which were incurred. If you take a loan and you do not use that loan for the intended purpose, you will end up paying it. This is what happened in Nzoia Sugar Company. It is more than 10 years as we speak here today. If you go to Chemelil Sugar The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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